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Scheelite on Vesuvianite from Blue Bird Mine, Bell District, Mineral County, Nevada

 
Scheelite on Vesuvianite from Blue Bird Mine, Bell District, Mineral County, Nevada

Scheelite on Vesuvianite from Blue Bird Mine, Bell District, Mineral County, Nevada

Scheelite on Vesuvianite from Blue Bird Mine, Bell District, Mineral County, Nevada

Photo below under shortwave ultraviolet illumination:
Scheelite on Vesuvianite from Blue Bird Mine, Bell District, Mineral County, Nevada

DESCRIPTION:No. 80704
Mineral:Scheelite on Vesuvianite
Locality:Blue Bird Mine, Bell District, Mineral County, Nevada
Description:Translucent gray scheelite crystals to 1.2 mm scattered over lustrous transparent green vesuvianite crystals to 1 mm from the skarn zone of this mine. The scheelite crystals fluoresce blue-white under shortwave ultraviolet illumination. Ex. Miller #M2171; originally acquired in 2011 from T. Nikischer
Overall Size:5x4x3.5 cm
Crystals:micro to 1 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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